Envelope for letter from H.W. Sewing for Daisy Bates Trust Fund

Created by

Unidentified

Issued by

Douglass State Bank, American, 1947 - 1983

Signed by

Sewing, Henry Warren, American, born 1891

Subject of

Rev. Stokes, Volley V. K., American, ca. 1889 - 1961

Trinity Baptist Church, American, founded 1888

Bates, Daisy, American, 1914 - 1999

Rev. Henderson, I. H. Sr., American, died 1985

Arkansas State Press, American, 1941 - 1959; 1984 - 1997

Date

Feb 17, 1960

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 4 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (10.6 × 24.1 cm)

Caption

Daisy Bates led the NAACP branch in Arkansas and was in charge of the Little Rock school integration. Bates worked to organize a safe integration process and mentored the first students, known as the Little Rock Nine. Due to intense protests, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the Arkansas National Guard to ensure that the school integration could proceed. Protestors and advertisers boycotted the Arkansas State Press, an activist newspaper owned by Daisy and her husband Lucius Christopher Bates. The Bates suffered financial difficulties due to their outspoken integration efforts. The “Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund” was set up to provide much needed funds to the Bates.

Trigg Mary K. and Alison R. Bernstein, eds. Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Social Movements. New Brunswick: Rutgers, 2016.

Description

Envelope for a letter from the Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund. The envelope has [D F Daisy / The DOUGLASS / STATE / BANK] in blank text in the upper left from Kansas City, Kansas. The center of the envelope has printed text which reads [Rev. V.K. Stokes / Trinity Baptist Church / 1526 McCullob [sic] St. / Baltimore, Md.]. There are three stamps in blue ink along the top, one for auto loans and two postage marks. The adhesive on the back envelope flap has yellowed.

Place made

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Classification

Documents and Published Materials

Type

envelopes

Topic

Activism

Business

Civil rights

Correspondence

Journalism

Religious groups

Resistance

U.S. History, 1953-1961

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family

Object number

2017.14.5b

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

Usage

CC0

GUID

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